The reason why I switched from SX2 to Logic 7 was that I wanted to use logic's plugins. Compared to SX, you get 10 times the plugins which are also alot better and there's about any kind of plugin available. I could praise logic's plugins (especially some of the new synths and fx plugins) for a long time but I guess logic isn't an option here...
MPX1 is really hard to replace with native software. I use both TC Powercore PCI mk2 and UAD1. The powercore can replace the MPX1 with reverbs and there are lots of great plugins available for it. UAD1 is more about analog emulation of some classic compressors and it's great for that (the best software comps which I've used). The most hard part is to replace the modulation effects, phaser and chorus. UAD1 has 2 roland choruses and they are the best and almost only software choruses which I would use. However, logic's phaser and chorus are usable too.
I don't know much about new native plugins because I don't like them very much. I run every possible thing from hardware anyway (including 3 dsp cards).
But you will miss the MPX1 for sure. I still miss my TC M-One. It also had some good modulation effects. I have planned to add some budget fx units into my rack at some point and use them as send effects from my DAW.
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